Learning to Fend for Themselves

Overprotective parents are taking away from the education their children are supposed to be receiving in college. Going to college is about academics and learning the ways of a future profession. It is also a time for students to learn how to live on their own without any help.

There are far too many cases of parents reaching out to administrators at campuses across the country to handle petty problems that their children may be having. Parents have gone as far as calling the president of a university to help their child deal with his loud roommate.